From the "Biographical Record of Jasper County [Missouri]". This article is written about Asa's son, Thomas Folger, but this information is given about the father, Asa Folger:
"Asa Folger...was a native of North Carolina, born in 1788. When about twenty-five years of age he left his native state for Union County, Indiana, where he was married, but a short time afterward removed to White River, about twenty miles from Indianapolis, Indiana. His next place of residence was at Vermilion County, Illinois, where he was engaged in the shoemaking and tanning business, a trade which he had learned and followed in North Carolina. After following that occupation for twenty years in Vermilion County he sold out and removed to a farm five miles distant, where he resided until his death, which occurred in February, 1850. He was reared in the Quaker church and afterward became a minister therein, devoting much of his time to the work of the Master. In political matters he voted with the Whig party."
The author wrote that Asa's grandfather "was a captain on a whaling vessel, and followed the sea for many years. He lived to the advanced age of ninety years." And, about Asa's father, he wrote "Ruben Folger was born in the isle of Nantucket, and was also a sea captain, which occupation he followed until sixty years of age."
Asa came to Elwood, Vermilion Co., IL about 1830. Asa and Elizabeth had 10 children: Walter, Erasmus, Matilda Hayworth, Lydia Reynolds, Uriah, John, Mary Mills, Sarah Dubre, Rachel, and Thomas.
He is mentioned in several places in the "History of Vermilion County, IL" and is said to be from North Carolina. But, in one instance, reference is made to a Latham Folger who died in 1852, his wife died 30 years later, he is also a tanner and coincidently arrived about the same time in Elwood, and also had a son John. I wonder if Latham is the same as Asa. In this same story, he is said to have "lived in Nantucket Island in his young days. He was a whaler, and was taken prisoner while whaling during the war with Great Britain, and because he refused to fight, was left on a small rocky island to die. But he was fortunate in having an American Vessel come along and rescue him before he starved to death." This sounds more like a story about his father, so perhaps the author was confused.
"Asa Folger...was a native of North Carolina, born in 1788. When about twenty-five years of age he left his native state for Union County, Indiana, where he was married, but a short time afterward removed to White River, about twenty miles from Indianapolis, Indiana. His next place of residence was at Vermilion County, Illinois, where he was engaged in the shoemaking and tanning business, a trade which he had learned and followed in North Carolina. After following that occupation for twenty years in Vermilion County he sold out and removed to a farm five miles distant, where he resided until his death, which occurred in February, 1850. He was reared in the Quaker church and afterward became a minister therein, devoting much of his time to the work of the Master. In political matters he voted with the Whig party."
The author wrote that Asa's grandfather "was a captain on a whaling vessel, and followed the sea for many years. He lived to the advanced age of ninety years." And, about Asa's father, he wrote "Ruben Folger was born in the isle of Nantucket, and was also a sea captain, which occupation he followed until sixty years of age."
Asa came to Elwood, Vermilion Co., IL about 1830. Asa and Elizabeth had 10 children: Walter, Erasmus, Matilda Hayworth, Lydia Reynolds, Uriah, John, Mary Mills, Sarah Dubre, Rachel, and Thomas.
He is mentioned in several places in the "History of Vermilion County, IL" and is said to be from North Carolina. But, in one instance, reference is made to a Latham Folger who died in 1852, his wife died 30 years later, he is also a tanner and coincidently arrived about the same time in Elwood, and also had a son John. I wonder if Latham is the same as Asa. In this same story, he is said to have "lived in Nantucket Island in his young days. He was a whaler, and was taken prisoner while whaling during the war with Great Britain, and because he refused to fight, was left on a small rocky island to die. But he was fortunate in having an American Vessel come along and rescue him before he starved to death." This sounds more like a story about his father, so perhaps the author was confused.
From the "Biographical Record of Jasper County [Missouri]". This article is written about Asa's son, Thomas Folger, but this information is given about the father, Asa Folger:
"Asa Folger...was a native of North Carolina, born in 1788. When about twenty-five years of age he left his native state for Union County, Indiana, where he was married, but a short time afterward removed to White River, about twenty miles from Indianapolis, Indiana. His next place of residence was at Vermilion County, Illinois, where he was engaged in the shoemaking and tanning business, a trade which he had learned and followed in North Carolina. After following that occupation for twenty years in Vermilion County he sold out and removed to a farm five miles distant, where he resided until his death, which occurred in February, 1850. He was reared in the Quaker church and afterward became a minister therein, devoting much of his time to the work of the Master. In political matters he voted with the Whig party."
The author wrote that Asa's grandfather "was a captain on a whaling vessel, and followed the sea for many years. He lived to the advanced age of ninety years." And, about Asa's father, he wrote "Ruben Folger was born in the isle of Nantucket, and was also a sea captain, which occupation he followed until sixty years of age."
Asa came to Elwood, Vermilion Co., IL about 1830. Asa and Elizabeth had 10 children: Walter, Erasmus, Matilda Hayworth, Lydia Reynolds, Uriah, John, Mary Mills, Sarah Dubre, Rachel, and Thomas.
He is mentioned in several places in the "History of Vermilion County, IL" and is said to be from North Carolina. But, in one instance, reference is made to a Latham Folger who died in 1852, his wife died 30 years later, he is also a tanner and coincidently arrived about the same time in Elwood, and also had a son John. I wonder if Latham is the same as Asa. In this same story, he is said to have "lived in Nantucket Island in his young days. He was a whaler, and was taken prisoner while whaling during the war with Great Britain, and because he refused to fight, was left on a small rocky island to die. But he was fortunate in having an American Vessel come along and rescue him before he starved to death." This sounds more like a story about his father, so perhaps the author was confused.
"Asa Folger...was a native of North Carolina, born in 1788. When about twenty-five years of age he left his native state for Union County, Indiana, where he was married, but a short time afterward removed to White River, about twenty miles from Indianapolis, Indiana. His next place of residence was at Vermilion County, Illinois, where he was engaged in the shoemaking and tanning business, a trade which he had learned and followed in North Carolina. After following that occupation for twenty years in Vermilion County he sold out and removed to a farm five miles distant, where he resided until his death, which occurred in February, 1850. He was reared in the Quaker church and afterward became a minister therein, devoting much of his time to the work of the Master. In political matters he voted with the Whig party."
The author wrote that Asa's grandfather "was a captain on a whaling vessel, and followed the sea for many years. He lived to the advanced age of ninety years." And, about Asa's father, he wrote "Ruben Folger was born in the isle of Nantucket, and was also a sea captain, which occupation he followed until sixty years of age."
Asa came to Elwood, Vermilion Co., IL about 1830. Asa and Elizabeth had 10 children: Walter, Erasmus, Matilda Hayworth, Lydia Reynolds, Uriah, John, Mary Mills, Sarah Dubre, Rachel, and Thomas.
He is mentioned in several places in the "History of Vermilion County, IL" and is said to be from North Carolina. But, in one instance, reference is made to a Latham Folger who died in 1852, his wife died 30 years later, he is also a tanner and coincidently arrived about the same time in Elwood, and also had a son John. I wonder if Latham is the same as Asa. In this same story, he is said to have "lived in Nantucket Island in his young days. He was a whaler, and was taken prisoner while whaling during the war with Great Britain, and because he refused to fight, was left on a small rocky island to die. But he was fortunate in having an American Vessel come along and rescue him before he starved to death." This sounds more like a story about his father, so perhaps the author was confused.
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Asa Folger
1791 - 1850
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